/*[INCLUDE-IF SharedClasses]*/
package com.ibm.oti.shared;

/*
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/** 
 * SharedClassFilter allows users of a Helper API to filter which classes are found and stored in the cache.
 * The user should provide a class that implements the interface in which the functions return <code>true</code> or <code>false</code>,
 * and then pass an instance of this class to setSharingFilter() in a shared class helper.
 *
 * @see SharedClassURLHelper
 * @see SharedClassTokenHelper
 * @see SharedClassURLClasspathHelper
 */
public interface SharedClassFilter {

	/**
	 * Tests if a specified class should be stored in the shared class cache
	 *
	 * @param className		String.
	 *				The fully-qualified name of the class, with the package and class names separated by '.'
	 * @return boolean.
	 *				True if the class should be stored in the class cache, false otherwise.
	 */
	public boolean acceptStore(String className);

	/**
	 * Tests if the helper should try to find a specified class in the shared class cache
	 *
	 * @param className		String.
	 *				The fully-qualified name of the class, with the package and class names separated by '.'
	 * @return boolean.
	 *				True if the helper should try to find the class, false otherwise
	 */
	public boolean acceptFind(String className);
}
